Email field

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Description

This field works just like a text field except that

• it gives a validation error if it does not appear to be a valid email address
• when rendered it is rendered as a mailto: link to the email (unless the render_dont_link property is set).

Inheritance

• Metadata Field
  • Id field
    • Idci field
      • Email field

Additional Properties

Same as Idci fields except for:

Name	Default Value	Required	Description	Notes
render_dont_link	0	NO	Whether to render the email address as a mailto link.	As for Metadata but actually applicable.

Required Phrases

No additional phrases beyond those required for Idci fields.

Database

Email fields are stored in the database as

fieldname VARCHAR(255)

API

See API page.

Examples

Most basic example.

{
    name => "contact_email",
    type => "email",
}

Do not render the email address as a mailto: link.

{
    name => "user_email",
    type => "email",
    render_dont_link => 1,
}